Traditional literature:
Folktales, Fables, and Fairytales: www.worldoftales.com
Folktales, Legends, and Myths video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgz_WCa-0s4
Folktales, Fables, and Fairytales video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaVh8yGbXNc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaVh8yGbXNc
Legends: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy2nRT5veP0
Tortoise and the Hare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZe2qPLPh0
Cinderella: http://www.slideshare.net/mrswjohnston/elements-of-plot-cinderella
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
The Three Pigs: http://www.read.gov/books/pageturner/2003juv81093/#page/2/mode/2up
True Story: http://www.mw.k12.ny.us/webpages/ademattos/files/true%20story%20of%20the%20three%20little%20pigs.pdf
Paul Bunyan Comic: http://www.kelvi.net/books/comics/index.php?album=CLASSICS+ILLUSTRATED+JUNIOR%2FPAUL+BUNYAN
Paul Bunyan Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8igQwfe5r5U
RUMPELSTILTSKIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZuO1nwSvQ
Historical Fiction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwjQOtPlFPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4mSmso8VvY
figurative language:
Similes and metaphors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHBWZDVMVqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syv4x-09luY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN104uji--Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
My Heart's A Stereo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Rascel Flatts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UdZIh8_xGc
Smile: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_r0mOaLY4
Eye: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-draw-an-eye/?ALLSTEPS
Personification:
Lady the Love Pug - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF9SEVghYGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKgLnhelX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHBWZDVMVqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syv4x-09luY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN104uji--Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
My Heart's A Stereo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Rascel Flatts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UdZIh8_xGc
Smile: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_r0mOaLY4
Eye: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-draw-an-eye/?ALLSTEPS
Personification:
Lady the Love Pug - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF9SEVghYGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKgLnhelX4
Storytelling elements:
Setting: Incoming message from great leader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq8bVo72oa4
Conflict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM5cp_YL77k
Character Traits:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson175/traits.pdf
http://www.misd.net/DistanceLearning/ASK/lesson%20plans/Character%20Traits%20List%20middle_high.pdf
http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/reading_resources/Character_Trait_Descriptive_Adjectives.htm
Mood - http://examples.yourdictionary.com/mood-examples.html
Frozen - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLxTqiUl44
Tangled - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRTGfM4X-0Q
Lion King - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DA6KA2sBkI
Tone and mood words - http://www.teachertube.com/video/tone-and-mood-228217
Tone and mood teachlet - http://www.teachertube.com/video/tone-and-mood-377186 (Stop at 7:20 - the rest isn't for us.)
Conflict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM5cp_YL77k
Character Traits:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson175/traits.pdf
http://www.misd.net/DistanceLearning/ASK/lesson%20plans/Character%20Traits%20List%20middle_high.pdf
http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/reading_resources/Character_Trait_Descriptive_Adjectives.htm
Mood - http://examples.yourdictionary.com/mood-examples.html
Frozen - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLxTqiUl44
Tangled - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRTGfM4X-0Q
Lion King - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DA6KA2sBkI
Tone and mood words - http://www.teachertube.com/video/tone-and-mood-228217
Tone and mood teachlet - http://www.teachertube.com/video/tone-and-mood-377186 (Stop at 7:20 - the rest isn't for us.)
BOOK CLUB PREVIEWS:
Realistic Fiction Book Previews
Old Yeller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnhojq63-Bs
Bridge to Terabithia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TDSEG57hI
Walk Two Moons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2NHpKTV8bw
Where the Red Fern Grows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7r3-xSguk
Ruby Holler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IoGa84TrDA
How to Eat Fried Worms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgPKVGRvjs
Because of Winn Dixie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpsE_7oLdAU
Eleven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3oRkS2ny2k
Stone Fox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmQWN5fe7Bk
Old Yeller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnhojq63-Bs
Bridge to Terabithia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TDSEG57hI
Walk Two Moons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2NHpKTV8bw
Where the Red Fern Grows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7r3-xSguk
Ruby Holler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IoGa84TrDA
How to Eat Fried Worms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgPKVGRvjs
Because of Winn Dixie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpsE_7oLdAU
Eleven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3oRkS2ny2k
Stone Fox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmQWN5fe7Bk
RANDOM LINKS:
Wifred Gordon McDonald Partridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usnOEnTXabw
Genre Prezi: prezi.com/8r0vv56n1yz0/introduction-to-literature-genres-5th-grade/
ART: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMeSoyXI3eY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFtnuePQ_4
POV:
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/point-of-view/video/
Narrative writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps
All About that ACE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCDf9tWKvi4
Informational Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRpPHylKFCQ
Middle School Survival: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/middleschoolsurvival/quizzes/introvert_extrovert.htm
Poetry Examples:
Haiku: www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
Cinquain: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson43/RWT016-1.PDF
Diamonte: http://mgfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/poetry/hackley.htm
Tanka: http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/tanka.htm